Severe Cardiomyopathy after Huffing Dust-Off™

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A 34-year-old man was found down in a parking lot after huffing fifteen cans of Dust-Off.

Though lucid during the initial hospital evaluation, the patient experienced a generalized seizure followed by a torsades de pointes arrhythmia and was resuscitated.

An echocardiogram revealed left and right ventricular dysfunction with an ejection fraction of 25%.

This unique outcome of inhalant abuse has scarcely been reported in similar cases.

The patient fully recovered and had a normal ejection fraction prior to discharge.